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DATE=2/23/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-227190
TITLE=WEINBERGER-IRAQ-L
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=PENTAGON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  FORMER U-S SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CASPAR WEINBERGER SAYS HE
IS VERY SKEPTICAL THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN WILL LIVE UP TO THE NEW 
AGREEMENT HE'S WORKED OUT WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.  V-O-A'S JIM 
RANDLE REPORTS, MR. WEINBERGER SAYS THERE WILL BE NO PEACE IN THE
GULF REGION AS LONG AS SADDAM HUSSEIN HOLDS POWER IN BAGHDAD.
TEXT:   MR. WEINBERGER SAYS IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS 
PROVEN -- OVER AND OVER AGAIN -- THAT HE CAN NOT BE TRUSTED.
                    /// WEINBERGER ACT 77 ///
         THE FEAR IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT HE MAY HAVE PROMISED THE
         SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE U-N, HE MAY BE PLANNING SIMPLY 
         TO DECIDE AGAIN THAT IF WE GET TOO CLOSE TO THINGS HE 
         DOSEN'T WANT US TO SEE, TO START CLAIMING IS NATIONAL 
         DIGNITY IS AT STAKE AND STOP EVERYTHING AGAIN AS HE IS 
         DOING THIS TIME.
                         /// END ACT ///
MR. WEINBERGER SAYS THE MIDDLE EAST WILL NEVER BE PEACEFUL UNTIL 
SADDAM HUSSEIN IS GONE.  IN A V-O-A INTERVIEW, MR. WEINBERGER 
SAYS THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF SADDAM HUSSEIN IS TO SUPPORT HIS 
ENEMIES. 
                      /// WEINBERGER 67 ///
         I THINK THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT NOW IS TO STRONGLY 
         SUPPORT A NUMBER OR RESISTANCE GROUPS THAT ARE SPRINGING
         UP OUTSIDE AND INSIDE IRAQ, HELP FUND THEM BY RELEASING 
         SOME OF THE FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS TO THOSE GROUPS THAT 
         WILL FIGHT SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND GENERALLY SUPPORTING THEM
         AS BEST WE CAN IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.  
                         /// END ACT ///
MR. WEINBERGER SAYS ORGANIZING AN EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT 
WILL TAKE SOME TIME AND MONEY. 
MR. WEINBERGER RAN THE PENTAGON DURING THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION,
WHICH SUPPORTED RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS AGAINST LEFTIST GOVERNMENTS 
IN LATIN AMERICA, WITH VARYING RESULTS.
MR. WEINBERGER, A REPUBLICAN, IS STRONGLY CRITICAL OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HE CALLS WEAK AND INEPT 
IN HANDLING MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS.  (SIGNED).
NEB/JR/WDC/PT 
23-Feb-98 5:59 PM EST (2259 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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